Whiteness Sands

Whiteness Sands is a beach in Highland Council, Scotland. Whiteness Sands is situated nearby to the island Innis Mhòr, as well as near Morrich More Forest.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Innis Mhòr.

Innis Mhòr

Island

Innis Mhòr is a tidal island in the Dornoch Firth of Easter Ross off the east coast of Scotland. It is about 26 hectares in extent and is largely, if not exclusively, made up of moving sand dunes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inver and Dornoch.

Inver

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inver is a small village located on the south east shore of the Inver Bay at the point where the bay opens out into the Dornoch Firth and is in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Inver is situated 2½ miles southeast of Whiteness Sands.

Dornoch

Town

Photo: Dg-505, CC BY 3.0.

Dornoch is a seaside resort town, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east. Dornoch is situated 3½ miles northwest of Whiteness Sands.

Tain

Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tain is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso.

Whiteness Sands

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.8437° or 57° 50′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.96635° or 3° 57′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C9RR2VM+FF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1207010248

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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